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Kitchn Cure Day 3- I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

I think cupboards as well but I stopped at 7 drawers. A girl's got to save some organizing for another day.

Frankly since I'm at 100 square feet, with two windows and three doors, I keep it pretty tidy, but there's always room to improve.

Here is before:
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In here are teas and miscellaneous packets of food stuffs.

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Yikes! Are those take out forks?

I have other drawers, but really? This is a little too selfie-possessed as it is, three is plenty. But honestly I want to look in other peoples refrigerators and drawers, too. I know I'm not alone. I'm havening a little, "I'll show you mine if you show me yours."

﻿﻿﻿﻿I did spend some time rubber banding things and things were pitched. I even flipped around where the spoons are stored. Again how much can you, gentle reader, really care? I know the GF will be happy about that only because she recently said, "When did we decide to store these here?" as if were a bad idea. (It was a bad idea.)

Here is the after:

﻿﻿Excuse the shadow. They do look better, no?﻿﻿

﻿﻿Again, the photo quality could be better, but you get the gist.

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When I painted and replaced the floor two years ago, and removed EVERYTHING from the room, I was shocked at just how much it holds. My drawers are still chock full, but I absolutely need each item in them. Absolutely.

I'm going to check in on my Kitchn Cure buddies and the on line folks. I really do want to spy other people's progress.

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